Vivian Beaumont Theater [New York City]
type: Item
label: Vivian Beaumont Theater
description: Theatre building in New York, USA
description: theatergebouw in New York, Verenigde Staten van Amerika @nl
EUTA building identifier: 5028
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: USA
City: New York City
opening date: 1965-10-21T00:00:00Z
Wikidata source: Q176205
GPS: Point(-73.984 40.7735)
Capacity: 1080
Address: 150 W. 65th St., New York, NY
Web: www.lct.org
architect: Eero Saarinen
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Carthalia ID: 2702
theatricalia id: 4zq/vivian-beaumont-theatre-new-york
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Part of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Built by Eero Saarinen & Associates with collaborating designer Jo Mielziner. Opened 21 Oct 1965. Named in honour of the American actress and philanthropist, Vivian Beaumont (1885-1962) who helped fund the theatre. 1164 seats. 2012 amended by the Claire Tow Theater (by Hugh Hardy / H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture), a studio theatre with 112 seats sitting on the roof of Saarinen's building. Used as one of the venues of the Lincoln Center Theater.